1 CHAPTER III.
2 GOOLAUB SING AND AFFGHANISTAN.
3 Goolaub Sing did not remain long at Jummoo, whither he
4 went after the surrender of Lahore. He was ordered off to
5 Cashmere to quell a mutiny among the troops, and he did this
6 effectually, by cutting to pieces and almost annihilating two
7 battalions who had killed their Governor, Meean Sing. From
8 Cashmere he went to the Hazareh country, where he overcame
9 Paindah Khan, Nawab of Trinoul, who was continually causing
10 disturbances in that quarter. While in Hazareh the news of
11 the insurrections against the British at Cabul reached him.
12 It may here be mentioned, that when the old King, Zeman
13 Shah, passed through the Punjaub, on his return to Cabul, he
14 was escorted by Goolaub Sing's troops under a confidential
15 officer, and from that time a close communication was carried on
16 betwixt Zeman Shah and the Dogra chief. There is, moreover,
17 reason to suspect, that during Zeman Shah's march through the
18 Punjaub, the seeds were sown which shortly produced the
19 rebellion in Affghanistan, and the fearful disasters of the
20 British army in that country. Certain it is, that Goolaub
21 Sing expected and foretold such an outbreak, full two
22 months before it occurred. Another suspicious circumstance is
23 well known, — that both Goolaub and his brother Dehan Sing-
24 were in constant and secret communication with most, both of
25 the Barukzye and Suddoozye chiefs at Cabul, for at least six
26 months before the insurrection broke out \ their dealings with
27 either party being a profound secret to the other. It may